> Not being able to torture, maim or murder someone is a good thing.

Apologies for being totally misleading in my earlier post, because I agree with you. It was the best philosophy of retaliation until "turn the other cheek" came along, which I much prefer.

> Just because someone else did something wrong doesn't give you a license to do the same.

Morally, it doesn't. Legally, sometimes (self-defense and all that). Probably not this time.